Sepia tuberculata
| Sepia tuberculata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | Sepia |
| Species: | S. tuberculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Sepia tuberculata Lamarck, 1798
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Sepia tuberculata is a species of cuttlefish native to South African waters from Melkbosstrand (an area near Cape Town) (33°43′S 18°26′E / 33.717°S 18.433°E) to Knysna (In the South) (34°03′S 23°03′E / 34.050°S 23.050°E). It belongs to the genus Sepia. It lives in very shallow water to a depth of 3 m. It is endemic.
The type specimen was collected off the coast of South Africa and is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.